Primary Department: Management and Budget
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Secondary Department: County Engineer
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for possible action related to the implementation of updated parking fees at select County lots and updated utilization plans for select other lots as a part of the Five-year Financial Plan.
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Background and Discussion:
As a part of the Five-year Financial Plan, Commissioners Court directed County departments to examine policy changes to decrease costs and increase revenue. One of these changes was parking.
After examining current policies, potential policy changes, and the situation today, the Office of the County Engineering (OCE) recommended a series of adjustments and changes to the Office of the County Administrator and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that would generate additional revenue while minimizing changes to stakeholders and avoiding any upgrades to facilities or hiring additional management. OMB recommends approving these changes.
These recommendations include increasing the daily rate at approximately 8 County lots. OCE's parking vendor, Reimagined Parking, is confident that this increase would not decrease the number of daily parking customers. Additionally, OCE is implementing hardware upgrades at parking facilities that will allow for real-time parking data to allow for more effective parking space allocatio...
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